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For many with substance abuse disorders, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a trigger, Newton-Wellesley Hospital Recovery Coach Hallie DeLorey said. “During this virus, our patients are really, really struggling… especially struggling with isolation and lack of structure, and fear, which then they obviously want to self-medicate,” DeLorey said in a…
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Cessation: Helping Your Clients Quit Tobacco Best practices, menthol products, racial justice, and free resources With the new tobacco law going into effect, more smokers are seeking support to quit. How can you help and what and why is the new law implemented? Join us to find out! Presentation Details…
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The New Look of Nicotine Addiction: An Educational Session for Parents Vapes an e-cigarettes are not harmless. Yet in 2019 more than half of high school students in MA reported ever using vape products. What are these products? How can you protect your kids? What does the new tobacco law…
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Concerned About Youth Vaping at Home while Schools are Closed? During these extraordinary times, when our lives are disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak, schools, organizations, and activities are closed. While parents work to establish new routines at home and help their teens adapt, they may also be thinking about how…
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TEWKSBURY, MA — “It all abruptly ended. At the traffic island, my life concluded.” TMHS students presented an impactful skit about the consequences of bad choices at a Town Hall meeting Tuesday night, Oct. 29. A collaboration with SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration), the production was one…
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Help Your Loved One Quit Vaping, Smoking, or Other Tobacco Products February is American Heart Month, so before you think about what kind of flowers or type of candy to buy for Valentine’s Day, choose the Valentine that is better than any bouquet of expensive red roses or box of…
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A new tobacco law in Massachusetts is now in place and it affects where tobacco and vaping products can be sold. These changes are designed to reduce the youth vaping epidemic in Massachusetts and stop tobacco companies from targeting and addicting young people. The tobacco and vaping industries have long…
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2019 Merrimack Valley Substance Use Disorder Symposium The second annual Substance Use Disorder Symposium will take place on December 6, 2019, in Westford, Massachusetts. This symposium will bring together providers in all aspects of the field of substance use in Greater Lowell and other Merrimack Valley areas. Why is this important? Our…
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(CNN)Limiting kids’ access to flavored tobacco products like e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and cigars seems to work, according to a new study that looks at two towns that took different approaches to vaping in Massachusetts. That will come as good news to the governments that are adding more restrictions on flavors. The number of kids who used…
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LOWELL — On average, over a thousand syringes have been picked up from city streets and parks each month since the syringe collection program started earlier this year. That’s according to the latest numbers presented to the City Council on Tuesday by Andres Gonzalez, the syringe collection program coordinator who…
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